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Intel Core i9-10980XE vs Intel Pentium B940

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-10980XE
Rank 2 - 28 %
Intel Pentium B940
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-10980XE
Rank 2 - 4 %
Intel Pentium B940
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C / 36T · 4.80 GHz
1,573
Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
347
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C / 36T · 4.30 GHz
11,836
Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
617
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C / 36T · 4.80 GHz
1,174
Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
387
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C / 36T · 4.30 GHz
15,841
Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
739
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C / 36T · 3.00 GHz
9,733
Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz
363

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i9-10980XEIntel Pentium B940
FamilyIntel Core i9 (81)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core i 10000X (4)Intel Pentium 900 (10)
ArchitectureCascade LakeSandy Bridge U
Technology14 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 2066PGA 988
PredecessorIntel Core i9-9980XE
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i9-10980XEIntel Pentium B940
CPU Cores / Threads18 / 362 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 18x 2x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache24.75 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i9-10980XEIntel Pentium B940
GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader / 6 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ2/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i9-10980XEIntel Pentium B940
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i9-10980XEIntel Pentium B940
MemoryDDR4-2933 (93.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory256 GB16 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 482.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth47.3 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i9-10980XEIntel Pentium B940
TDP165 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.86 °C85 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i9-10980XEIntel Pentium B940
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ4/2019Q2/2011
Release price979 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i9-10980XE
Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C / 36T · 3.00 - 4.80 GHz
Intel Pentium B940
Intel Pentium B940
2C / 2T · 2.00 GHz

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